Pearwood snuff box

Made:: 1801-1815 in France

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Pearwood snuff box, circular
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Pearwood snuff box, circular, detachable lid with a relief showing a French soldier(?) pleading with an officer, inscription: he must die and never surrender, French, 1801-1815

Details

Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652198

Materials:: pear, ? material and lining, tortoiseshell

type:: snuff boxes

credit:: Glendining

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